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ACTION RAIL & CIVIL ENGINEERING LTD

Active Company no. 10816628 Incorporated Jun 2017 Professional Services CF postcode area

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Unit J1 Colchester Avenue Ind Estate, Penylan, Cardiff, CF23 9AP

The most recent insolvency notice for ACTION RAIL & CIVIL ENGINEERING LTD is a Petitions to wind up (Companies), published 29 July 2026 in The London Gazette. A winding-up petition asks the court to close a company and place it into compulsory liquidation, most often because a debt has gone unpaid. If the court makes a winding-up order, control passes to the Official Receiver or an appointed liquidator, the company's bank accounts are frozen and its assets are sold to repay creditors.

Last filed balance sheet

As at 30 June 2025 · total exemption full accounts · unaudited · filed 13 months before the first insolvency notice

Total assets
£278k
Cash at bank
£166
Net assets
-£27k
Total liabilities

Total liabilities is not shown for this company: the filed balance sheet did not reconcile against the figures we could read, so the total would be incomplete.

Average employees during the period: 2

Insolvency notices (1)

  1. A petition to wind up Action Rail & Civil Engineering Ltd has been filed by Enterprise Rent‑A‑Car UK Limited and will be heard in Leeds on 11 August 2026.

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Is ACTION RAIL & CIVIL ENGINEERING LTD in liquidation?

The most recent insolvency notice for ACTION RAIL & CIVIL ENGINEERING LTD (company no. 10816628) is a Petitions to wind up (Companies), published 29 July 2026 in The London Gazette. A winding-up petition asks the court to close a company and place it into compulsory liquidation, most often because a debt has gone unpaid. If the court makes a winding-up order, control passes to the Official Receiver or an appointed liquidator, the company's bank accounts are frozen and its assets are sold to repay creditors.

What were ACTION RAIL & CIVIL ENGINEERING LTD's last filed accounts?

ACTION RAIL & CIVIL ENGINEERING LTD's last accounts filed at Companies House, to 30 June 2025, showed total assets of £278k, cash of £166, net assets of -£27k. For a distressed company the last filing often predates the insolvency by a year or more.

How many insolvency notices does ACTION RAIL & CIVIL ENGINEERING LTD have?

ACTION RAIL & CIVIL ENGINEERING LTD has 1 insolvency notice recorded in The London Gazette, the most recent being a Petitions to wind up (Companies) on 29 July 2026.

Financial figures are taken from the company's own last accounts filed at Companies House. Small and micro-entity accounts are unaudited, and for a company entering an insolvency process the most recent filing frequently predates that process by a year or more. Figures are indicative and are not a valuation. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright.